Cork-puller.



PATENTED AUG. 25, 1908.

I-I. S. THOMPSON. CORK FULLER.

APPLIOATIQN FILED FEB. 1a, 190s.

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HIRAM S. THOMPSON, OF SHERIDANVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

CORK-FULLER Application led February 18, 1908.

To all whom 'it may concern.'

Be it known that I, HIRAM S. THOMPSON, a citizen ofthe United States of America, residing at Sheridanville, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Imv rovements in Oork-Pullers, of which the fol owing is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to a cork puller, and the objects of my invention are, first, to provide a novel instrument for extracting a cork from a bottle, which will not necessitate the rotation of the instrument; second, to provide a simple and inexpensive cork puller that can be easily and quickly manipulated; and third, to provide a cork puller that will not materially injure a cork.

I accomplish the above objects by a construction that will be presently described and then speciiically pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of my cork puller partly in section, illustrating the same in connection with a bottle and cork, Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical sectional view of the cork puller partly in elevation, illustrating the same in position to enter a cork, and Fig. 3 is a similar view illustrating a cork puller in position to withdraw a cork.

In the accompanying drawings, 1 desig- 'nates a bottle or receptacle oi a conventional form, having its neck 2 closed by an ordinary cork 3.

The instrument I employ for withdrawing the cork 3 comprises a tubular casing lil having its lower end pointed, as at 2, and its upper end enlarged, as at 3. In the enlarged end 3 of the casing 1a is arranged a cylindrical head 4 having diametrically opposed laterally extending handles 5, at its upper edges adapted to rest upon the upper end of the enlarged portion 3 of the casing la.

The cylindrical head 4 is provided with a depending rod 6 having a hook-shaped end 7 adapted to lie within the casing l, when the instrument is inserted in a cork, but when the instrument is moved to withdraw the cork, the hook-shaped end 7 is adapted to extend through an opening 8 provided therefor in the casing 1a, as illustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawings.

To limit the movement of the head 4 within the casing 3, I connect a link 9 to the head Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 25, 1908.

serial No. 416,520.

4, this link in turn being connected to another link 10 pivotally mounted in the enlarged end 3 of the casing 1a, as at 11.

After the instrument has been inserted in the cork 3 as illustrated in Fig. l of the drawings, the handles 5 are gripped and moved upwardly, elevating the head 4 and causing the hook-shaped end 7 ofthe rod 6 to engage in the cork 3. The cork can then be extracted. To remove the instrument from the cork, the handles 5 are forced downwardly upon-the enlarged end 3 of the casing, causing the head 4 to move downwardly in the enlarged end, withdrawing the hook-shaped end from the cork 3.

It will be observed that I have devised a simple and inexpensive cork puller that can be easily manipulated to extract a cork from a bottle. The instrument in its entirety is made of light and durable metal.

My invention is susceptible to such changes as are permissible by the appended claims.

Having now described my invention what I claim as new, is

1. A cork puller comprising a tubular casing having a pointed end and an enlarged end, a head movablymounted in the enlarged end oi said casing, links pivotally mounted in said enlarged end and connected to the head for holding said head in said enlarged end, diametrically opposed laterally extending handles carried by said head, and a depending rod carried by said head and having a hook-shaped end, said casing having an opening formed therein adapted to receive the hook-shaped end of said rod when said head is moved upwardly.

2. A cork puller comprising a tubular casing` having a pointed end and provided in its side wall adjacent said pointed end with an opening, a head mounted in the opposite end of said casing, a pair of links loosely connecting the head to the casing, handles car-4 ried by said head, and a depending rod carried by said head and having a hook on its inner end to be projected through the opening in said casing as the said head is pulled outwardly.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature 1n the presence of two witnesses.

HIRAM S. THOMPSON.

Witnesses: l

MAX H. SRoLovrTZ, K. H. BUTLER. 

